Original Title: DesperaDrops (デスペラドロップス)
Release Date: November 30, 2023
Developer & Publisher: Red Entertainment Corporation / D3 Publisher
Genre: Romantic Thriller ADV
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Language: Japanese
SparQlew : Shoya Chiba, Yuya Hozumi, Takuto Yoshinaga, Yuto Uemura & Shun Horie (Voice Animage Plus January 2018)
SparQlew : Shoya Chiba, Yuya Hozumi, Takuto Yoshinaga, Yuto Uemura & Shun Horie (Voice Animage Plus January 2018)
千葉 翔也, 保住有哉,, 吉永 拓斗, 上村 祐翔 & 堀江 瞬
How did you feel when you first heard about your debut? Hozumi: When I got a call from the manager, I was really surprised, and said, “Oh, Kiramune? Of, course I know!” Uemura: When I went to see “Kirafesu 2017,” Hiroshi Kamiya-san asked me in the dressing room, “Are we going to do it together next time?” I didn’t know anything about it at the time, so I…
Nakaba Suzuki's golf manga Rising Impact is getting an anime adaptation. The two season series follows 3rd grader Gawain Nanaumi as he discovers golf, grows, and competes with his new golf rivals.
Rising Impact stars the voice talents of Misaki Kuno (Gawain Nanaumi), Yumiri Hanamori (Lancelot Norman), You Taichi (Kiria Nichino), Atsumi Tanezaki (Kurumi Nishino), Kaede Hondo (Yumiko Koizumi), Yuto Uemura (Liebel Ringvald), Yumi Uchiyama (Platalissa Bonaire), Eiji Takamoto (Wanglian Li), Shunsuke Takeuchi (Riser Hopkins), and Katsuyuki Konishi (Kai Todoin). Nitoshi Nanba directs from a screenplay by Michihiro Tsuchiya. Animation is by Lay-duce, Inc. Character design is by Kiyotaka Oshiyama.
Rising Impact season 1 hits Netflix in June 2024, and season 2 drops in August 2024.
A new masterlist by yours truly. There's so many interviews out there that I wouldn't dare to aspire to include them all; but since I've been stumbling across a lot of Asagiri interviews after they attended Anime Expo this year, I wanted to at least have one place where I can keep track of the ones I see. If you know any interview I failed to include, please let me know!!
The dates reported here refer to the date the interview was published, and not when it was taken; even then, please take them with a grain of salt. Some rows feature multiple links to dislocated translations of the same interview, so be sure to hover over all the text so you don't miss any piece. Finally, sorry if the list results a little bulky at times, I couldn't seem to come up with a better way to format it.
Manga interviews
Asagiri, Harukawa (April 2013) /// original text
Asagiri, Harukawa (January 2017)
Asagiri, Harukawa (October 2019)
Asagiri (July 2023)
Asagiri (August 2023)
Asagiri (October 2023)
Anime interviews
Kensho Ono (Akutagawa's va) on season 1 (June 2016)
Kishou Taniyama (Chuuya's va) on season 1 (June 2016)
Kishou Taniyama (Chuuya's va) on season 1 (June 2016)
Yasuomi Umetsu (season 1 ending director) on the season 1 ending (June 2016) /// alternative translation
Kishou Taniyama (Chuuya's va) on season 1 (July 2016) /// alternative translation
Suwabe Junichi (Oda's va), Miyano Mamoru (Dazai's va), Fukuyama Jun (Ango's va), Miki Shinnichiro (Gide's va) on season 2 (~2016)
Takuya Igarashi (director); Mamoru Miyano (Dazai's va); Jun Fukuyama (Ango's va); Yuto Uemura (Atsushi's va); on season 2 (~2016)
Takuya Igarashi (director), Yoji Enokido (screenwriter) on season 2 (January 2017)
Bones producer on Dead Apple (January 2018)
Asagiri, Takuya Igarashi (director), Yoji Enokido (screenwriter) on Dead Apple (December 2018)
Asagiri, Hiroshi Kamiya (Ranpo's va), Yuto Uemura (Atsushi's va), Yoji Enokido (screenwriter), Nobuhiro Arai (character designer), Mari Suzuki (character designer), Nobuhito Takemoto (character designer) on season 4 (February 2023)
Kishou Taniyama (Chuuya's va); Asagiri, Yoji Enokido (screenwriter), Chiaki Kurakane (Kadokawa producer); Asagiri; Kensho Ono (Akutagawa's va); Asagiri; on season 5 (August 2023)
Kensho Ono (Akutagawa's va) on season 1 (June 2016)
Kishou Taniyama (Chuuya's va) on season 1 (June 2016)
Kishou Taniyama (Chuuya's va) on season 1 (June 2016)
Yasuomi Umetsu (season 1 ending director) on the season 1 ending (June 2016) /// alternative translation
Kishou Taniyama (Chuuya's va) on season 1 (July 2016) /// alternative translation
Suwabe Junichi (Oda's va), Miyano Mamoru (Dazai's va), Fukuyama Jun (Ango's va), Miki Shinnichiro (Gide's va) on season 2 (~2016)
Takuya Igarashi (director); Mamoru Miyano (Dazai's va); Jun Fukuyama (Ango's va); Yuto Uemura (Atsushi's va); on season 2 (~2016)
Takuya Igarashi (director), Yoji Enokido (screenwriter) on season 2 (January 2017)
Bones producer on Dead Apple (January 2018)
Asagiri, Takuya Igarashi (director), Yoji Enokido (screenwriter) on Dead Apple (December 2018)
Asagiri, Hiroshi Kamiya (Ranpo's va), Yuto Uemura (Atsushi's va), Yoji Enokido (screenwriter), Nobuhiro Arai (character designer), Mari Suzuki (character designer), Nobuhito Takemoto (character designer) on season 4 (February 2023)
Asagiri, Masahiko Minami (Studio Bones President), Chiaki Kurakane (Kadokawa producer) on season 5 during Anime Expo 2023: coverage 1; coverage 2; coverage 3; coverage 4; coverage 5 (July 2023)
Kishou Taniyama (Chuuya's va); Asagiri, Yoji Enokido (screenwriter), Chiaki Kurakane (Kadokawa producer); Asagiri; Kensho Ono (Akutagawa's va); Asagiri; on season 5 (August 2023)
Stage plays interviews
Masashi Taniguchi (Oda's actor), Hideya Tawada (Dazai's actor); Hirofumi Araki (Ango's actor), Hideya Tawada (Dazai's actor); Hideya Tawada (Dazai's actor); on the Dark Era stage play (2018 ?)
Masashi Taniguchi (Oda's actor), Rui Tabuchi (Dazai's actor) on the Beast movie (January 2022 ?)
Masashi Taniguchi (Oda's actor), Rui Tabuchi (Dazai's actor) on the Beast movie (February 2022)
Note: Uemura Yuto (Atsushi's VA) and Ono Kensho (Akutagawa's VA) each had separate interviews in the new issue of Animage magazine with the SSKK cover. I thought what they each said about the chars' relationship was interesting so I thought I would translate their respective answers. Please do not repost this anywhere, especially on Twitter, thank you~
Interviewer: Atsushi and Akutagawa’s joint move Beast Below Moonlight Rashōmon: Black Tiger’s Supreme Claw shaped up into quite the impactful visual (in the anime)
Uemura: I think that the bond of “trust” that Atsushi and Akutagawa have formed through their respect for one another, in spite of their mutual hatred, is a bond that has been built through the numerous crises they have overcome together. The fruits of these labors are seen in Beast Below Moonlight Rashōmon: Black Tiger’s Supreme Claw and so I entered the recording studio with this resolve in mind. When I acted out this scene, I could feel Atsushi and Akutagawa’s development even more strongly.
Interviewer: Atsushi, who survives thanks to Akutagawa, wonders “Why did Akutagawa let me escape?” What do you think about this?
Ono: At the end of the day I believe only Akutagawa has the right answer to this question, but for Akutagawa, Atsushi is a trial. If that trial goes away, doesn’t his reason for existing disappear? is what I thought.
Director: Shinji Takamatsu
Screenwriter: Shuang Youxiang
Starring: Yuto Uemura / Kakihara / Yoshiya Aiyoshi Shiozaki / Daiki / Tomokazu Kan / Kobayashi Satomi Akesaka / Kenjiro Tsuda / Takuma Yamamoto / Koichiro Hoshi / Eiji Takeuchi / Keito OkuyamaMore
Genre: Comedy / Animation
Official website: www.nanbaka.tv/teaser/
Country/Region of Production: Japan
Language: Japanese
Date: 2016-10-05 (Japan)
Number of episodes: 26
Single episode length: 22 minutes
Also know as: THE NUMBERS
IMDb: tt7382936
Type: Appropriation
Summary:
Nanba is the world's most formidable prison, built to incarcerate criminals who are too slippery to stay in ordinary confinement. The four inmates who occupy Cell 13 are particularly cunning on that behalf, having escaped every other prison with a perfect success rate. There is Juugo, a specialist in locks who has spent the majority of his life in prison; Uno, a gambler with great intuition; Nico, an otaku whose body reacts strangely to drugs; and Rock, a bruiser with a love for food. The daily shenanigans of the four prisoners always cause trouble for the building supervisor, Hajime Sugoroku, who desperately tries to prevent them from breaking out of Nanba.
Nanbaka follows the comedic, sparkle-filled exploits of these prisoners and their guards. From three square meals a day to sports festivals, prison life in Nanba isn't actually that bad—and it is the closest these four have to a home.
上村 祐翔
We asked Yuto Uemura, who continues to dedicate himself to his work, about his recent work, what he thinks is important in expressing the main character who cries out in the middle of the world.
The movie “Bungou Stray Dogs Dead Apple” is being screened. What kind of work did you end up with? Uemura: I think it’s a movie that can be delivered with depth because it’s been a while after the…